Topeka ? The Kansas unemployment rate jumped to a seasonally adjusted 4.1 percent in July as the state shed an estimated 5,600 jobs during the month, including 4,600 private-sector jobs.

The Kansas Department of Labor said the biggest job losses were in service-sector industries and government. There were smaller job losses in manufacturing and construction.

Compared with a year ago, the state lost 4,500 jobs, including 2,900 private-sector jobs, the department said.

The size of the Kansas civilian labor force shrank by about 7,000 workers over the month and compared with last year.

“The Kansas portion of the Kansas City metro area gained jobs over the month; however, those gains were not large enough to keep the statewide area from reporting a loss in jobs from June,” said Tyler Tenbrink, senior labor economist with the Kansas Department of Labor.

Tenbrink said it is normal for Kansas to lose jobs about 2,400 jobs between June and July due to seasonal factors such as school support staff not working during the summer months. But he said this year’s loss was larger than usual, pushing the seasonally adjusted job loss figure to 5,600.

“A portion of that change was due to economic factors such as employers hiring and laying off workers,” he said. “Another portion of that change was due to seasonal factors.”

Even though the Kansas City area gained more jobs, the department said, its unemployment rate still rose by half a point, to 4.4 percent.

The Lawrence-area jobless rate also rose by three-tenths of a point, to 4.5 percent.

The Wichita metropolitan area continued to have the state’s highest unemployment rate, at 5.5 percent, an increase of seven-tenths of a point since June.

The five-county Topeka metropolitan area recorded a 4.7 percent jobless rate, while the Manhattan area recorded 4.1 percent.